Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-03-31

lruCleS SuCu uuiy ID ltNlcu 10 Wht,
without destroying competition. give to
the domestic manufacturers of similar
articles what may be called n protective
duty ranging from 25 to 75 per cent.
sufficient TO encourage thcir. manufacture
In this country and thus 10 increase and
diversity our productions.
There is third class oil duties on q
great variety Of articles which come into
with the productions OF the
farmer and the planter. Among these
are wool, live animals, wheat and various
forms Of grain. sugar, rice and other pro-
ductions of the South. On these such
duty is levied rs will encourage our
farmers in producing every article OF
agriculture suited TO our climate and soil.
Under these general groupings may be
classed all the numerous articles em-
braced in the tariff, with duties on each
carefully adjusted for the protection of
home industry. This protective policy
has been recommended by every Presi-
dent of the United States prior TO Martin
Van Buren, and by statesmen of all sec
tions but was never put into effective
force until the ascendancy of the Repub-
lican party in 1861.
THE FIRST REALLY PROTECTIVE TARIFF
was passed in the closing hours Of Mr.
Buchanan's administration, and Is purely
a Republican measure, though signed by
him. We have had now an experience
of twenty five years under this system,
and we, can judge of its effects by actual
results.
In 1860 the total manufactures of the
United States were estimated at 81 $780,
600, ,000 including every variety Of me
chanica! employment. As ] have already
stated, these have increased to over
5000, 900 900 in value and nearly five
fold in quantity, and they include almost
every article essential for human life. In
the production of all these articles there
is now free trade and close competition in
the United Stats, and the price has been
greatly reduced on all Of them They
embrace almost every article used on the
farm, in the workshop. and in ninetenths
of the families of the United States. Our
industry is now so diversified that there
is hardly an object of desire outside Of
the luxuries of the rich that Is not pro.
duced in the United States, and our home
industries are rapidly displacing the for.
eign article Of similar character and
quality.
Formerly manufactures were confined
to a small region of the country, mainly
in New England and the East, and now
these manufactures are diffused all over
the United States, especially in the
North, and rapidly extending TO the
South, especially to Tennessee and Ala.
bama. In this way We bring together
the consumer and the producer Of nearly
all the articles necessary TO human life
and happiness. We give to the farmer
home market for home productions, SO
| that now Of all the products OF the farm
over 90 per cent. Is consumed In this
country and less than 10 per cent. ex
ported abroad, though the aggregate o.
4 expectations Of food products amount
to nearly $500, 900 600. .ail =
4 In viifs way also -wo secure 10 the ID
boring man far better wages than ar
paid In any country Of Europe, enabl
him to be self.reliant and self respecting
to educate his children, and to enjoy tn
substantial comforts of life. IL Is thi
system by which our industries hav'
been increased and diversified, which
makes this country, compared to others
the strongest, the richest and the hap
piest among the nations Of the world.
You In Tennessee are now beginning
to enjoy the benefits of this system. Yot
have perhaps. in your State q greate
variety Of natural resources than any
other. The great divisions Of your State
furnish all the essential raw elements o
human manufacture. You have storet
in East and Middle Tennessee boundles
fields of coal, iron, timber and marble
with beautiful valleys and runnin
streams. You have in Middle Tennessee
broader and richer valleys and land nd
mirable for all the cereals. corn, wheat
and the fruits of the earth, while 4
Western Tennessee you have the dee
aluvial valley Of the Mississippi and tn
Tennessee, capable Of producing cotto
and the chief products OF semitropicn
climate. You are as deeply intereste
in the tariff question as Pennsylvania
for there Is nothing in the way OF naturt
|, resources In Pennsylvania that you d
not possess in Tennessee There Is n
reason why you should not convert you
cotton into cotton thread and cloths, an
| utilize your now wasted water-power an
. your fields Of coal and mountains Of iro
: In the manufacture of cotton goods, po
: terry, glass, iron and steel in every form
and open up your quarries Of marble f
the markets of the world. All that
needed to make your State rich and pro
Q porous beyond all former experience Is
: accept the Republican policy of prote
:. tion. Indeed, all that is needed In TIE
. nessee Is that II should become q Rcpu
lican State.
n The Democratic party, II it has NJ
n fixed creed or policy. II Is in opposite
c to protection Mr. Carlisle, In his recc
h speech in Boston. says that the Dem
!, cratic party is unalterably opposed TO aI
tax except for revenue only.
Y But Isometimcs doubt whether II h
! any creed or policy. | do not doubt u
!. integrity and honesty Of purpose OF o.
!. Democratic neighbors, but | do dou
|. their capacity as party to deal wi
c these great business questions. The
s platform Is a Delphic oracle, well bi
d anced see saw or saddle bag, the meanil
of which mo fellow can find OUT wi
4 Carlisle at one end and Sam Randall
i. the other Their divisions last whit
o with q majority OF sixty members In t
House Of Representatives, were ludicro
t, In the extreme. With an overfiowi
l. revenue they could not agree upon 8
l. gle proposition Of reduction, but a maj
! ity favored the Morrison bill. which p
/, posed to leave the taxes on tobacco, sue
ID and clothing. but take them OF Of wo
lc the product Of the farmer, and OIL OF CT
b. and iron, and articles made Of iron.
re which We have the greatest supply
g. raw material, and of Of lumber and oti
ID material which can be and ought to
a. furnished from our forests. With,
ry chart or compass 10 guide them Il
ed would peck at and dcrange. agitate q
re disturb the magnificent industries b.
e. up by the Republican party, and you gt
re people Of Tennessee. with unlimited I
CO urai resources and abundant raw I
tcrials, are expected to leave them all
a developed TO favor Democratic suct
Is, rather than support Republican POI
N. manifeatlv In vour intercsts all becal